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Senior US envoy to visit Japan, Myanmar, S. Korea, China
Kyodo News, Published on 15/01/2016
» Deputy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Japan, Myanmar, South Korea and China starting later this week for talks on issues such as North Korea's recent nuclear test, the State Department said Thursday.
Koh Tao DNA evidence & international standards
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/01/2016
» Koh Tao DNA evidence "shows absolute ignorance of literature of last 20 years & all international guidelines" says leading forensics expert.
Thaksin New Year's gift to foreign reporters in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/01/2016
» Photo book with Thaksin photos, speeches, important moments in life & thoughts on democracy sent to foreign media as New Year's gift.
IAAF faces 'painful' rehabilitation - Coe
AFP, Published on 15/01/2016
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - The IAAF faces a long and painful mission to get over the doping and corruption scandal engulfing athletics' ruling body, its president Sebastian Coe told AFP on Thursday.
Chequered mates: Russian world chess chief defends Assad ties
AFP, Published on 15/01/2016
» MOSCOW - As world chess chief, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov rubbed shoulders with the reviled Moamer Kadhafi and Saddam Hussein and says aliens once abducted him, but it is his ties with the Syrian regime that finally landed him on a US blacklist.
Russian sports minister slams 'political' forces behind WADA report
AFP, Published on 15/01/2016
» MOSCOW - Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko dismissed the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report published Thursday as "political" while Russian athletics remains in shambles over a mass doping and corruption scandal.
Mammoth dinosaur cast goes on display in NY
AFP, Published on 15/01/2016
» NEW YORK - A cast of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, a mammoth 122-foot (37.2 meter) titanosaur went on display for the first time in New York on Thursday.
Spalletti fires warning shot to misfiring Roma
AFP, Published on 15/01/2016
» MILAN - Roma coach Luciano Spalletti warned the embattled Serie A side to expect hard toil at the club's training ground after officially signing an 18-month deal on Thursday.
Walters seizes initiative at Joburg Open
AFP, Published on 15/01/2016
» JOHANNESBURG - Justin Walters birdied the last to take a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Joburg Open on Thursday.
Kenya vows action after WADA warns of doping problem
AFP, Published on 15/01/2016
» NAIROBI - Kenya vowed Thursday to take action to protect its "number one" brand ambassadors after WADA inquiry chief Richard Pound warned it "clearly" has an athletics doping problem.